Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, center, and Rear Adm. Naoki Sonoda, commander of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Fleet Air Wing 31, right, view memorabilia from Dolan’s air rescue mission at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hangar, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 29, 2015. During a brief stop at the installation, Dolan took time to visit the JMSDF members who rescued him after an aircraft collision, forcing Dolan to eject from his F-16, 630 nautical miles away from Tokyo into the Pacific Ocean. Almost two decades l

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Air Force Lt. Gen. John L. Dolan, commander of Forces Japan and 5th Air Force, center, and Rear Adm. Naoki Sonoda, commander of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Fleet Air Wing 31, right, view memorabilia from Dolan’s air rescue mission at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force hangar, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 29, 2015. During a brief stop at the installation, Dolan took time to visit the JMSDF members who rescued him after an aircraft collision, forcing Dolan to eject from his F-16, 630 nautical miles away from Tokyo into the Pacific Ocean. Almost two decades later, Dolan and his saviors reconnected.

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